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This is the eighth in a series of 12 micro caches around the city placed near Saint John energy substations. This is the Market place substation
The Power Commission of the City of Saint John (Civic Hydro) began as the result of efforts by a group of local citizens interested in having low cost electric power available in the city. The Commission has 12 substations and services more than 35,000 local customers with energy sales of over 950,000,000 kilowatt hours annually. Saint John Energy has a staff of approximately 96, with a fleet of 38 service vehicles. There are currently a total of 24 active power transformers in use having an installed capacity of 339.5 MVA
Throughout its history, the utility has built a reputation for efficient service at rates which are consistently among the most competitive in eastern Canada.
December 5, 1922 - Saint John Common Council established the Power Commission of the City of Saint John under the terms of a resolution which reads as follows:
July 28, 1923 - The first substation transformer was energized at the Cranston Avenue Substation at 12:30 p.m. That first substation was manned by three power operators with 24 hour supervision. The Commission contracted the purchase of 10,000,000 kilowatt hours of energy a year from the New Brunswick Power Company. By the end of 1924, the Commission was serving 1,842 customers and within four years was selling more than the amount originally agreed to in the contract.
1948 - The New Brunswick Electric Power Commission expropriated another electric power utility operating in Saint John at the time, the New Brunswick Power Company, and then sold the distribution system to Civic Hydro for $1,500,000. Merging the former New Brunswick Power with its own system, Civic Hydro saw its energy sales jump to 70,000,000 kilowatt hours in 1949.
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